It’s great to make the top half of a list. If you’re talking about public school test scores or high net income, that’s the place to be. Even on a more frivolous topic, you get a little thrill seeing your name at the head of the class. Pennsylvania, for instance, is right up at the ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently had an idea to which our federal government should pay attention. DeSantis believes some federal agencies, bureaus and offices should be relocated from Washington, D.C., to other cities and towns around the United States. U.S. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., ...

It’s troubling. The decision by Gov. Josh Shapiro and several of his top staffers to accept Super Bowl tickets from a nonprofit that accepts millions in tax dollars should raise questions about the potential for favoritism and the ability of the governor’s office to act impartially and ...

Given that the state House has not met in six weeks and has not even adopted rules for the new session, lawmakers are very far from tackling the fair school funding required by the state constitution, as recently determined by the Commonwealth Court decision. Beyond that, the Legislature has ...

Most of today’s parents accept that their daughters and sons are being challenged in ways they were not while growing up. Unfortunately, many parents today, especially those who remember fondly what they describe as carefree teenage years, resist the notion that the feelings their teenagers ...

Under the 2004 state law that authorized casino gambling, almost everything about the gambling enterprise is supposed to be subject to public disclosure. Now, it’s obvious Pennsylvania’s grossly inadequate lobbying disclosure law works against that mandated transparency. The news ...